Wang So and Shin Yool went through the fake marriage ceremony but General Kwak left behind some soldiers to make sure the "married" couple spent the whole night together. At least Kwak kept his word and released Yool's useless brother. Wang So warns Yool to take extra precautions to protect herself from his bad luck rubbing off on her. Yool assures him he's very lucky because he's got her.
Back in Goryeo, where the king is starting to look bad from that slow-acting poison, they see the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars. They mistakenly believe the heavens are giving their approval for Wang So's marriage to Princess Yeo Won. Elsewhere, Wang Shik Ryum and his Legion of Doom are sitting around doing their evil belly laughs and plotting the king's downfall.
While stuck in the honeymoon suite with Yool, Wang So falls asleep and dreams about his tragic past. As a boy he had found some snacks left in his room. Wang So had a stomach ache so he decided to share the snacks with his brother. Guess what: the extra ingredient was poison. Mommy Dearest curses her living son and wishes he had never been born. (Hmm, who left the poisoned snacks in Wang So's room in the first place? Surely not Mommy Dearest, hmm?)
Wang So wakes up from his nightmare and quietly starts to leave. Yool chases after him to at least thank him for the sham marriage. As a parting gift she gives him half of her butterfly necklace and tells him to think of it as a good luck charm.
Wang So meets back up with Eun Chan without telling him anything about getting married. Eun Chan has found a promising lead and our boys go off to corner one of the assassins. Wang So shows the ninja one of the throwing knives recovered from the throne room and demands to know who is behind the whole scheme. He scratches the guy on the forehead with the knife and the ninja goes crazy because he knows there's poison on the blade. The ninja breaks free as he desperately digs through his pack for the antidote. It suddenly occurs to Wang So that his father has been poisoned and so he scrabbles with the ninja to gain possession of the tiny bottle. Eun Chan kills the man and our duo rush back to the palace.
A lovesick Yool decides to move everyone to the capital of Goryeo for business purposes and not at all for the chance of running into Wang So again.
Back at the palace we're introduced to a new character as he pleads with the king. This guy doesn't want his sister, Yeo Won, to be forced to marry Wang So. Don't ask me what his name is as I don't know it at the moment.
Wang So arrives and rushes the tiny bottle of antidote to his father. Alas, the poison has been in the king's system for too long and the antidote is ineffective. The father apologizes to the son for throwing Wang So out. He explains it was for the boy's own safety as other people were wanting the bad luck prince dead. The dying king warns Wang So that it was one of the nobles who must be behind the assassination and for the safety of the kingdom the prince must marry Yeo Won of the powerful Hwang clan.
We get a quick check on Yeo Won who is talking to a man who was the other red ninja to have escaped the botched attack. He's asking her to keep him on as her bodyguard even after she marries another man. (Makes me think of Sad Eyes from Bridal Mask.) The question is does Yeo Won know her bodyguard was trying to kill the king? Is she part of the conspiracy?
Wang So and Yeo Won both get dressed for their royal nuptials. At the same time Yool and her peeps are arriving in the city. All the talk they hear on the streets is about the prince's upcoming wedding. This makes Yool think about her own wedding. Not that she's looking for her fake husband. Wang So and Yeo Won have the Most Depressing Wedding Ever. Instead of spending the night with his new(est) bride, Wang So goes walking through the forest to hold a meeting with his secret ninja army. The king dies and another of Wang So's brothers takes the throne. (Wang So is like the fourth prince so he's got several heirs ahead of him.) Evil Shik Ryum grins evilly as he assumes he'll be able to manipulate the new king.
Time skip five years later. Yool's business is a roaring success. Still, any man with a pony tail in the crowd catches her eye. Wait! That guy over there with the goatee - could it be her long-lost fake husband?
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